Black Pug Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race).
Warwick · Sunday, 8 Mar · 21:23
· 2m
· Class 5
· TURF
WEIGHEDIN
Status
17:23
Off time
10
Runners
Good to Soft (Good in places)
Going
🎯 Tipster's 1·2·3
Sporting Life pick
🏆 Top pick
PRESLEY (IRE
🥈 Second
MISTER COKO (FR
🥉 Third
MERRY AWAY (IRE
Betting forecast
Market prediction · 10 runners · sorted by price
01 · 🏆 FAV
2
1/1
02 · 🥈 2nd
4.50
7/2
03 · 🥉 3rd
5.50
9/2
04 · —
9.50
17/2
05 · —
12
11/1
06 · —
17
16/1
07 · —
34
33/1
08 · —
151
150/1
09 · —
201
200/1
10 · —
401
400/1
Sporting Life forecast prices — published the night before the race. Top 3 highlighted as market favourites.
Runners
| Pos | No. | Dr | Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Age | Wgt | Best decimal odds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 1 | — |
Chinese Whispers (G)
€35,000 3-y-o, Maxios gelding. Half-brother to fairly useful hurdler/chaser Range, stays 3m. Dam (c111/h108) 2m-2½m hurdle/chase winner. Warrants a market check with Harry Cobden booked for debut.
|
H Cobden | Miss E C Lavelle | 5 | 70.8 kg |
17
16/1
|
| 7th | 2 | — |
Country Pursuits (G)
Showed only greenness on bumper debut at Doncaster in January.
|
C J Todd | Ian Williams | 5 | 70.8 kg |
201
200/1
|
| 10th | 3 | — |
Earl Chester (G)
Showed nothing in C&D bumper on debut in December.
|
Mr J Stevenson | D Frankland | 6 | 70.8 kg |
401
400/1
|
| 5th | 4 | — |
Jetaway Holiday (G)
[T1]
£65,000 4-y-o, Jet Away gelding. Dam unraced sister to bumper winner/fairly useful hurdler (stayed 3¼m) Listen And Learn. Beat only other finisher sole start in points (May 2025) and merits plenty of respect starting out under Rules for le…
|
N de Boinville | N J Henderson | 5 | 70.8 kg |
4.50
7/2
|
| 1st | 5 | — |
Merry Away (G)
£72,000 4-y-o, Getaway gelding. Half-brother to fair hurdler La Dolce Dolly. Dam (h104) 2½m hurdle winner. Third sole start in Irish points (fourth has placed in maiden hurdle under Rules since) and worth a second look in the betting.
|
Ben Jones | B Pauling | 5 | 70.8 kg |
5.50
9/2
|
| 2nd | 6 | — |
Presley (G)
FAV
Related to some above-average jumpers and looks cut from the same cloth, not unduly punished when third in Chepstow bumper on debut in December. That race has produced winners and he's the one they have to beat.
|
Harry Skelton | D Skelton | 5 | 70.8 kg |
2
1/1
|
| 4th | 7 | — |
Pride Hill (G)
€75,000 3-y-o, Jukebox Jury gelding. Dam, well held in bumper, half-sister to useful hurdler/chaser (stayed 25f) Tarablaze. In good hands for racecourse bow and market should prove informative.
|
S Bowen | O Murphy | 5 | 70.8 kg |
12
11/1
|
| 6th | 8 | — |
Wyrley Birch (G)
Blue Bresil gelding. Half-brother to smart hurdler/top-class chaser Edwardstone (runner-up three times in bumpers) and fair 2m hurdle winner Nothingtochance. Yard know this family well and he's one to note if supported.
|
Thomas Bellamy | A King | 6 | 70.8 kg |
9.50
17/2
|
| 8th | 9 | — |
Mister Coko (G)
Lacked the know-how to justify strong support when fifth of 9 in bumper at Huntingdon (15.8f, soft) on debut in November. Could improve for that experience.
|
Sam Twiston-Davies | N & W Twiston-Davies | 4 | 66.2 kg |
34
33/1
|
| 9th | 10 | — |
Shaheeq (G)
[P1]
Cheap purchase given pedigree and hardly encouraging to see cheekpieces added so quickly, having finished last of 5 on Naas bumper debut.
|
Paddy Hanlon | J J Hanlon | 4 | 66.2 kg |
151
150/1
|
Betting forecast: Presley (1/1), Jetaway Holiday (7/2), Merry Away (9/2), Wyrley Birch (17/2), Pride Hill (11/1), Chinese Whispers (16/1), Mister Coko (33/1), Shaheeq (150/1), Country Pursuits (200/1), Earl Chester (400/1)
Prize money
| Position | Prize |
|---|---|
| P1 | 2178.0 GBP |
| P2 | 1004.0 GBP |
| P3 | 502.0 GBP |
| P4 | 251.0 GBP |